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Elon Musk attacked German support for migrants and promoted a call to support the AfD, a far-right extremist political party (www.businessinsider.com)
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In the post shared by Musk, the account lamented the presence of humanitarian groups in the Mediterranean Sea that rescue migrants from distressed vessels.

"These NGOs are subsidized by the German government," the account posted. "Let's hope AfD wins the elections to stop this European suicide."

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[-] virku@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

Ten or so years ago I liked the guy. He did great things with tesla and spacex. Now every bit of information I get about him deminish my respect more than the previous. It seems like tesla and spacex has done great in spite of him, not because of him.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 15 points 1 year ago

*he bought companies that did great things, I dont get how that wasn't obvious all along

[-] virku@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I honestly thought he founded both companies back then. I don't know if that he just bought them was obvious/something everyone should know or if I was clueless. I guess maybe it is a mix of both.

[-] Skies5394@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

He had remarkably good PR back then

[-] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

See it this way: it was so good he started to believe his own PR, after which he fired them. I wonder if he will ever deal with reality

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 9 points 1 year ago

He did found SpaceX

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX

He didn't found Tesla but it had 7 employees and was about to go bust when he bought in (2014) 8 months after it was founded

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla,_Inc.

[-] virku@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh, thanks for the history lesson! :)

[-] 4am@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

He did call himself a “founder” of both

[-] thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe 7 points 1 year ago

He founded SpaceX not bought it. He bought Tesla when it was a failing startup with an unsellable prototype.

It probably was the smart people he hired that made them successful but he very definitely didnt just buy thriving businesses and claim their existing success as his.

The guy is an ass and a terrible person, but he very definitely was instrumental in building those companies

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